Wisconsin brewers and distillers took to the capitol Thursday to attack a bill that would create a so-called "alcohol czar" while at the same time carving out an exemption to the state's liquor laws for Kohler Co.

As the nation grapples with an ongoing opioid crisis, there are plenty of questions to be answered as to how we got here, and what the lasting impact might be on our communities, our country...and even our economy. A guest researcher looks at the economic costs associated with the opioid epidemic, and what policymakers can do about it.

Senator Fitzgerald has proposed a bill that includes the creation of an Office of Alcohol Beverages Reinforcement under the Department of Revenue. This comes a year after a similar proposal to tweak the state's complicated three-tier system was turned down. We talk about what's in the bill, how it compares...

Reports were that the suspect in yesterday's deadly school shooting in Florida has ties to a white nationalist organization, although that has not been confirmed. We talk to Brian Levin, Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University-San...

A bill has passed the Wisconsin State Assembly that sets minimum safety standards for old barns that have been repurposed to hold weddings and other events. But some local officials in rural parts of Wisconsin worry that the proposed new regulations don't go far enough.

Environmental groups are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s proposal to cut federal funding for a Great Lakes cleanup program. Trump’s budget would roll back funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative from $300 million to $30 million.

A state Assembly panel has voted unanimously for a bill that would close the troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison, even as county governments raised issues with the plan and the chair of the committee conceded it was moving faster than he'd like.

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald is pushing school districts to begin testing high school students for drugs like methamphetamine and marijuana. He said the proposal comes in response to a growing number of underage arrests related to methamphetamine use in the county.

Gov. Scott Walker's administration has sent consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark the outline of a tax break deal it hopes will convince the company to not cut more than 600 jobs in northeast Wisconsin.